Gil Scott-Heron Quotes

There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age, I missed it coming and going.

I have a wonderful respect for old people.

I don't think about 'age groups.'

One thing that Alaskans clearly appreciate is seniority.

I don't mind being older. I'm proud of my age. I've achieved a lot. It's the same thing with Mick and the Stones. They should be revered and respected. Isn't it strange that now we're living longer we have so much less respect for old age? Perhaps it's a less valuable commodity?

The younger generation gives me more respect than I could ever hope for.

Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation.

There still seems to be a lack of film for the baby boomer generation, if you'd like to call it that. And I think 'Martin Bonner' showed what's possible. Later in life, when you've been working at something for a long time, to actually get some kudos for what you do is wonderful.

Old men need applause too.

I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.

The slogan was 'Don't trust anyone over thirty'. Sixty years later the slogan became, 'Don't trust anyone over ninety'.

I don't like the way young people write and talk about the old. I don't like their attitude, which, if they weren't young and therefore bright and vibrant, would be called outdated.

I believed that old people never laughed. I thought they sighed a lot and groaned. They walked with sticks, and they didn't like children on bicycles or roller skates... or with big dogs.

Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.

I'm young enough not to be a rival to Mr. Basescu.

The greatest thing is nobody cares that I'm fifty years old. They only care what I sound like.

Network heads don't seemed to be turned off by the men who get older.

Old people should be heard but not seen. Young people should be seen, not heard.

A lot of kids do look up to us. But there are just as many elderly people to put us down.

Most young people have tremendous respect for older people's views.

Age is how we determine how valuable you are.

Everybody looks like clones and the only people you notice are my age. I don't notice anybody unless they look great, and every now and again they do, and they are usually 70.

Just because it's been around for centuries, doesn't mean it's cool to be a creepy old man.

Older men get lovable, and older women get monstrous.

We are a very youth-driven culture, and I don't really know why because wisdom tends to come with more years, not fewer.